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September 2025
EXPAND BEYOND THE SYMPTOM. RECLAIM YOUR
WHOLENESS
MENOPAUSE
MENOPAUSE MATTERS
MATTERS
Menopause is not
something to be managed.
It’s something to be
expanded into.
There is a word that has been echoing in my heart lately: expansion.
Not the kind that demands we do more, be more, or hustle harder4but the expansion that
feels like opening a window after years of living in a dimly lit room. It’s a softening, a
stretching, and a remembering of who we really are.
For many women, menopause is painted as a story of loss. Loss of fertility. Loss of youth. Loss
of energy, desire, or identity. The dominant medical narrative is often to
